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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
ESTONIA  Pareiko Jaager, Teniste, Barengrub, Klavan, Stepanov Vunk, Dmitrijev, Puri Kink, Ahjupera | REPUBLIC OF IRELAND  Given Kelly, Dunne, St. Ledger, Ward McGeady, Whelan, Andrews, Duff Keane, Walters |
Estonia coach Tarmo Ruutli has made a few changes to his squad for the play-off match. Sergei Zejnov injured his knee on Sunday in a match with his club side Karpaty Lviv, so Vladimir Voskoboinikov will take his place in the squad.
Andrei Sidorenkov also returns to the side, having last played in June's 2-0 defeat to the Faroe Islands.
Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given sat out training on Tuesday due to a neck injury but was able to return to action and is expected to start in goal. Richard Dunne and Keith Fahey also missed Tuesday's training session but both have shook off niggling injuries and have been passed fit. John O'Shea, however, remains a major doubt due to a hamstring problem and may not be risked.
Giovanni Trapattoni is likely to call on Jonathan Walters to partner Robbie Keane up front as Shane Long is injured and Kevin Doyle is suspended for the first leg.
Giovanni Trapattoni is likely to call on Jonathan Walters to partner Robbie Keane up front as Shane Long is injured and Kevin Doyle is suspended for the first leg.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
There have only been two previous encounters between Estonia and Republic of Ireland. The Irish won both matches 2-0.
- Estonia have never qualified for the Uefa European Championship or Fifa World Cup.
- Estonia claimed nine points out of nine in the last three matches of their group qualifiers to clinch the play-off place in group C. They defeated Northern Ireland twice and Slovenia once.
- Republic of Ireland have only reached one European Championship tournament before, the 1988 finals in West Germany.
- The Irish have conceded just one goal in their last 861 minutes of football and it was a consolation strike for Armenia in last month's 2-1 victory at the Aviva Stadium.
- Giovanni Trapattoni's men are unbeaten in their last nine international matches, winning six times and drawing three.
Prediction
The Irish have been somewhat draw specialists recently and an away tie in the first leg would be a good result for Giovanni Trapattoni's side. Estonia would also view this as a good building block going into the second leg on Tuesday so a share of the spoils looks the most likely scenario.
Editor's Prediction
Estonia 1-1 Ireland 
